Factors that influence youth participation in milk marketing.
Abstract
Uganda has a population of 31 million, of which 38% live below the poverty line. It is a
very young population, with 50% in the 0-14 year age bracket and unsurprisingly, a high
population growth rate of 3.6% per annum (FAO & OECD, 2016). Since 1986, the
government of Uganda with the support of foreign countries and international agencies
has acted to rehabilitate and stabilize the economy by undertaking currency reform, raising producer prices on export crops, increasing prices of petroleum products, and
improving civil service wages. The policy changes are especially aimed at dampening
inflation and boosting production and export earnings (IMF, 2012). After epochs of lack of progress, much of Africa is now undergoing rapid commercial
transformation since the mid-1990s (AGRA, 2014). The imperativestarring role of the
agricultural sector in contributing to food security and GDP, is mirrored in its
prioritization in the growth and development agendas (FAO & OECD, 2016). The
greatinfluence of the agricultural sector to GDP also emphasizes the partial
diversification of most African economies.